BETHESDA, MD.-Sets of magnetic balls sold at Walmart have been recalled due to the potential for choking, injury or death.
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of more than 4,200 magnetic ball sets, sold on Walmart.com through Joybuy on Dec. 28.
According to NBC News reporting on the recall, the magnet sets include 216 multicolored spherical high-powered magnetic balls and were sold under the name “Relax 5mm Science Kit, Large Hematite Magnets Magnetic Stones Building Block,” between Feb. 2022 and April 2023.
The recalled magnetic balls do not comply with federal magnet regulation requirements, according to regulators, because they are stronger than permitted, and the balls are small enough to fit inside a child’s throat.
According to reporting from Today.com, if high-powered magnets are swallowed they may become lodged in the digestive tract and multiple magnets may attract other marbles or metal by force through body tissue.
